chorus:
g d
daniel, daniel and the sacred harp,
c g
dancing through the clover.
c bm
daniel, daniel would you mind,
d7 g
if i look it over.

verse:
g c d7 g
i heard of this famous harp years ago back in my home town
c d em
but i sure never thought old daniel be the one to come and bring it around
g d c g
tell me daniel how the harp came into your posession.
d c g
are you one of the chosen few who will march in the the procession?
c em

and daniel said:
g d g d
the sacred harp was handed down, from father unto son,
c bm am d7
and me not being related, i could never be the one.
g d g d
so i saved up all my silver, and took it to a man,
c bm am g
who said he could deliver the harp, straight into my hand.

em a
three years i waited patiently,
d c
´till he returned with the harp from the sea of galilee.
em a
he said there is one more thing i must ask,
d c
but not of personal greed.
bm am
but i wouldn´t listen i just grabbed the harp,
d7 g
and said take what you may need.

g c d g
now daniel looked quite satisfied, and the harp it seemed to glow.
c d em
but the price that daniel had really paid, he did not even know.
g d7
back to his brother he took his troubled mind.
c g
and he said dear brother i´m in a bind.
d7
but the brother would not hear his tale,
c g
he said old daniel´s gonna land in jail.
g d
so to his father daniel did run,
g d
and he said oh father what have i done.
c bm am
his father said son you´ve given in, you know you won your harp,
g
but you lost in sin.

em a
then daniel took the harp and went high on the hill,
d c
and he blew across the meadow like a whippoorwhill.
em a
he played out his heart just the time to pass,
d c g
but as he looked to the ground, he noticed no shadow did he cast.

repeat chorus